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- catalog abstract "In 1993, an international team of paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, in the fourth year of a multiyear expedition, made one of the most miraculous fossil discoveries in history. They unearthed a treasure trove of Cretaceous dinosaurs and mammals, including several new species, that has already helped to reshape our understanding of the dinosaur age. In Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, team leader Michael. Novacek, Provost of Science of the American Museum of Natural History and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, re-creates the day-to-day drama of field exploration over the past six years in the Gobi and recounts his and his colleagues' historic discoveries, reported in front-page headlines across the world. In a remarkable narrative that interweaves expedition chapters with in-depth scientific discussions on the nature and importance of the fossil record, Novacek takes. Us on a journey that explores the very nature of scientific inquiry and dinosaur research.".
- catalog contributor b9886969.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "In 1993, an international team of paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, in the fourth year of a multiyear expedition, made one of the most miraculous fossil discoveries in history. They unearthed a treasure trove of Cretaceous dinosaurs and mammals, including several new species, that has already helped to reshape our understanding of the dinosaur age. In Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, team leader Michael.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [348]-349) and index.".
- catalog description "Novacek, Provost of Science of the American Museum of Natural History and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, re-creates the day-to-day drama of field exploration over the past six years in the Gobi and recounts his and his colleagues' historic discoveries, reported in front-page headlines across the world. In a remarkable narrative that interweaves expedition chapters with in-depth scientific discussions on the nature and importance of the fossil record, Novacek takes.".
- catalog description "Us on a journey that explores the very nature of scientific inquiry and dinosaur research.".
- catalog extent "ix, 367 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Dinosaurs of the flaming cliffs.".
- catalog identifier "0385477740".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dinosaurs of the flaming cliffs.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Anchor Books,".
- catalog relation "Dinosaurs of the flaming cliffs.".
- catalog spatial "Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China)".
- catalog subject "567.9/1/095173 20".
- catalog subject "Dinosaurs Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China)".
- catalog subject "Novacek, Michael J.".
- catalog subject "Paleontology Cretaceous.".
- catalog subject "QE862.D5 N684 1996".
- catalog title "Dinosaurs of the flaming cliffs / Michael Novacek ; with illustrations by Ed Heck.".
- catalog type "text".